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There are as many opinions as there are experts.

Prejudice and passion and suspicion are more dangerous than the incitement of self-interest or the most stubborn adherence to real differences of opinion regarding rights.

The line of least resistance in the progress of civilization is to make that theoretical postulate real by the continually increasing force of the world's public opinion.

Books and opinions, no matter from whom they came, if they are in opposition to human rights, are nothing but dead letters.

We have hardly an adequate idea how all-powerful law is in forming public opinion, in giving tone and character to the mass of society.

My opinion was that if we had a common enemy we should get together commonly.

I would like to state that my personal opinions are that the people of every country should decide by themselves what kind of government they want.

You've got to ask! Asking is, in my opinion, the world's most powerful - and neglected - secret to success and happiness.

I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism.

In my opinion we are at the limit now, and 17 races is really too much. With all the testing that we do now, it means we're always on the bike and it's quite difficult.

It takes a very deep-rooted opinion to survive unexpressed.

There are moments when very little truth would be enough to shape opinion. One might be hated at extremely low cost.

The reversal of a Supreme Court opinion is possible.

Don't Take Anything Personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering.

Try to open up your mind a little, and move away from rigid opinions of what people should do and be - unless you have been there.

The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do.

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.

One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress though whether the amoeba would agree with this opinion is not known.